New Coils For An Old ELTO

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January 14, 2018 at 11:04 pm #9005
wbeaton
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Today I finished rebuilding some coils for early ELTO’s. I used the same coils seen in a Caille ignition rebuild article that was published in a recent issue of the Antique Outboarder. The coils are reasonably priced and are military spec so they should last a while. The coils require a condenser of .25 uf, which I decided was close enough to the .22 uf condensers used in the OMC universal ignition. The bench test was positive with a nice spark.

UPDATE: I have run the rebuilt coil on my 1928 Speedster and it works flawlessly.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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January 15, 2018 at 12:23 am #69690
chris-p
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Nice. Ill take 2! 🙂
January 15, 2018 at 12:47 am #69691
chris-p
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Found his website here. Says he will not ship to Canada however.

http://www.saturnsurplus.com/genset/4a032-1.htm
January 15, 2018 at 12:57 am #69692
wbeaton
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quote Chris_P:

Found his website here. Says he will not ship to Canada however.

http://www.saturnsurplus.com/genset/4a032-1.htm

Same seller. I had them shipped to an American member of the Upper Canada Chapter in Buffalo.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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January 15, 2018 at 6:09 pm #69718
Anonymous
What I find interesting is that they look a lot like scintilla coils??? Wonder if they’d work as a substitute?
Kirk
January 15, 2018 at 6:21 pm #69719
RICHARD A. WHITE
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Finding Scintilla coils is the problem, finding Zephyr coils is easy…

http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.com
January 15, 2018 at 7:38 pm #69722
wbeaton
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quote Richard A. White:

Finding Scintilla coils is the problem, finding Zephyr coils is easy…

These coils are $14.75 USD each and are available new. I can’t see me ever using Zephyr coils for this conversion again.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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January 15, 2018 at 9:39 pm #69730
jcrigan
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The single and two cylinder coils may fit the Bendix Scintilla stator. Part number is 9786E128. Problem may be where the secondary lead is located. It is about 45 degrees off. I mistakenly bought the coils for the solid state ignition and found that they fit the Bendix Scintilla stator.
January 15, 2018 at 10:44 pm #69732
dan-in-tn
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The Saturn link works, but it’s for 2014 date. When I tried to get to their checkout I couldn’t get anywhere? A little checking on eBay put me on this link:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-SPARK-IGNITI … 1438.l2649

Seems to be the same coil? 3/8" laminates, but that is not a problem for battery ignition, right? This is the Standard Ignition Co. outboardnut refers to from time to time I believe. I didn’t think they would sell to the public? I have contacted them before. Times are a changing, maybe?

Dan in TN
January 15, 2018 at 11:12 pm #69733
outboardnut
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Its not Standard its Magnetic Coil Manufacturing Co
http://www.magcoil.com/page3/specificproducts.html
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